Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17016, Isaac Goodrich, Conn. Cont.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Goodrich, Isaac
W. 17016
Cont.
Sarah
CONTENTS

New York 14
Isaac Green
of Delaware, in the State of N. Y. who was a Private in the Ulster by Captain McIntire of the Regt. by Col. Patterson in the Conn line for 16 months
Inscribed in the Roll of New York at the rate of 13 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of July 1833 and to the N. John Delhi
Swears to the 4th of March $106.66 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept 26.66 $133.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk Book E, Vol. 3, Page 57

Let to Isaac Lawrence 17 Dec. 1833

5.316
1890
April 7 J. D. G. - Eulogy - Pres
New York A.
Sarah Goodrich dec.
widow of Isaac who died on the 16 April 1834.
of in the State of who was a ser. in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Revolution line for 16 months.
Court Albany
Inscribed on the Roll of at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 16th day of April March, 1834, and 21st August 1839
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of February 1853 and sent to
Arrears to the 4th of J. G. Austin Semi-annual allowance ending Present
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the
Recorded by G. S. Gentry Clerk, Book 16 Vol. 2 Page 11

In the matter of Isaac Lorditch.
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Adm Hemofri $53.33
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State of New York } Delaware County } ss.
On this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two Isaac personally appeared before the court of Common Pleas held in and for the said County of Delaware, now sitting Isaac Goodrich a resident of the town of Hamden in said County of Delaware aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That in June 1775 he enlisted into the Continental army for the term of six months (it being about the time of the battle of Bunker's Hill) in the town of Sharon State of Connecticut where he then resided. That he enlisted under Lieut. John Pennies who had the enlisting orders and marched his soldiers with him the said Goodrich to the County of Columbia in the State of New York where we joined a company commanded by Capt. John McKinstry. Lieut. Thomas M c Kinstry also belonged to the same company. That he the said Goodrich staid at the house of the Capt. M c Kinstry about ten days and then marched with said company.

to the town of Cambridge in the State of Mass. where they then were mustered. The company marched through Barrington Springfield & Worcester in Mass. to Cambridge. From Cambridge marched about \frac{3}{4} of a mile to the foot of Prospect hill & encamped in an orchard and staid there till the expiration of his said term of six months in a regiment commanded by Col. Patterson (think his christian name was John). Then while there this declarant recollects of seeing Genl. Putnam & Genl. Green, that Genl. Warren had been killed & that immediately he arrived at the place aforesaid.
While there he was engaged in a battle at Litchmore Point and several skirmishes - one at Dorchester Heights. At the termination of his six months service as aforesaid Genl. Washington requested the soldiers to continue two months longer which they did & that he the said Goodrich continued in the same service & at the same place for the term of said two months when he was honorably discharged which discharge was lost or destroyed about 14 years ago. That in four or five days after the said Goodrich arrived at Cambridge one James King then a sergeant ran away from the said service, and the said Goodrich was elected by his company to fill the vacancy occasioned by the absence of the said King, and that the said Goodrich did the duty of sergeant during all the

time against. This Declaration was not pre- sented to which line he (Congress) - and he is of the opinion, that at that time there were no lines in the Army, and that the Continental Army strictly speaking was not formed till some time in the year 1776.
After the above service he this de- claration not entered a service in the Army of United States two terms of four months each. This service was in the Militia - he cannot recollect the years in which these services were performed, but recollects that Danbury in Connecticut was burned by the British the same season that he performed one of said terms - one term he was in the company com- manded by Capt. Elizabeth Bull of Sharon Connecticut - he started from Sharon with his company & marched to Peekskill, Westchester County New York & lay there 10. or 15 days - the company was moved up a cove of the River during the four months, for the purpose of watch- ing the movements of a British ship which then lay in the River.
The other term he left Sharon in a company commanded by Capt. Roger Moore of Salisbury & was attached to a regiment commanded by Col. Eleazar Gay, and marched to Middlesex on the Sound - we were moved about on the Sound and our principal duty was

to leave the country of the and Jones Cove Boys; he recalled while on this tour he was at Fairbanks and at that time the Court house & other buildings had been burned by the British.
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, except the affidavits of Sabra West and Lyman Good hereto annexed.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed Isaac Goodrich the day & year aforesaid.
C B Sheldon Clerk.
We William Holliday of the town of Colechester in the county of Delaware, Robert North of the town of Walton in the county aforesaid.
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Goodrich who has subscribed to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 99— years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a sol- dier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
C B Sheldon Clerk
William Holliday Robert North

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that William Holiday and Robert North
who signed the preceding certificate are resi- dents as stated in their said certificate, and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Dala- ware do certify that the foregoing proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Goodrich for a pension is the original proceedings of the said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and seal of office this Ninth day of October in the year 1832.
C B Sheldon Clerk

State of New York Delaware County ss On this 8 th day of October 1832 came before me Sabra West to me known who being duly sworn according to law oath upon her with say that she was born in Haverhill in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts in May 1749, after she was married she removed to the town of Hillsdale county of Columbia State of New York where said That she is the sister of the said Isaac Goodrich the above mentioned Isaac said. And she well recollects that her brother Isaac Goodrich was a soldier belonging to the company commanded by Captain Jacobus de Kuyter at the begin- ning of the Revolutionary War. The company met at the house of the said Captain in the town of Haverhill where said she well recollects of going to see her brother who was in the same company. The company started for Boston on which day she took a horse and rode with him. It was a hard march at the time that the company was going to Boston. She also remembers that afterward that her brother Isaac Goodrich in his terms of enlistment went out Boston in that company and for the South West
Declarations before this 8 th day of October 1832 Sabra West before me John Bosworth First Judge of Delaware County Court
I hereby certify that at the time the above Sabra West made the above affidavit before me that I was acquainted with her and that she is a person of good character for truth and veracity & that her statement is entitled to credit John Bosworth First Judge of Delaware County

State of New York County of Delaware ss.
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do Certify that the Hon. Judge Bostwick before whom the within affidavit purports to have been Sworn was at the date of the same first Judge of the said Court, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and readily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this ninth day of October 1832. C. B. Sheldon Clerk.

State of New York
Delaware county S s : Lyman Gould of the town of Delhi in the County of Delaware and State of New York being duly sworn deposes and says, that he is acquainted with Isaac Goodrich to whose declaration this is annexed, that this deponent resided in the town of Sharon in the State of Connecticut at the commencement of the Revolutionary war and that the said Isaac Goodrich resided, at that time in the same town of Sharon - this deponent recollects that the said Goodrich was absent six or eight months immediately after the battle of Bunker Hill, and it was understood & believed at the time that he was in the Army of the Revolution then stationed at or near Boston in Massachusetts - This deponent also understands at the time & now believes that the said Goodrich enlisted under Lieutenant Perkins as stated in his said declaration.
Lyman Gould
Sworn & subscribed in open court the 9 th day of October 1832 - C. B. Sheldon Clerk
And I certify that the above named Lyman Gould is to me well known and is a credible person, and that his Statement is entitled to credit -
C. B. Sheldon Clerk

Declaration of Sarah Goodrich in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 4. 1830
State of New York County of Delaware }p. On this ninth day of November 1838 personally appeared before me Deber Bestwick first Judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Delaware of the said Sarah Goodrich To me known to be resi- dent of the Town of Haverden county of Delaware and State of New York of the said aged eighty years on the sixteenth day of September last who being first duly sworn according to law each on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed 4 July 1830 That she is the widow of Isaac Goodrich who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War And for the proof of his services in the Revolutionary War she is unable now to state but believes the proof of that or his service may be found on the files of the War Department That her husband was a pensioner under the act of the 7th of June 1832 She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Goodrich in the town of Sharon in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut on the fifteenth day of May in the year One thousand eight hundred Seventy Seven And that her husband the said Isaac Goodrich died on the sixteenth day of April Eighteen hun- dred and thirty years and that she has remained his widow ever since that period as well more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed That her father's name was Amos Merchant who lived in the town of Sharon & State of Connecticut That she and her late husband removed from the State of Connecticut to the State of New York about years since as near as she can now recollect and has resided in the county of Delaware & State of said ever since the year 1800. Sarah her Goodrich mark

In presence of Michael Robertson Sworn to and Subscribed on this 9 th day of November 1838 before me
Isabel Westwick First Judge of Delaware county courts I Isabel Westwick first Judge as aforesaid do certify that the above named Sarah Goodrich is unable by reason of bodily infirmity unable to attend in court to make her own declaration and that she is a person of credibility truth & veracity and that her statement is entitled to be believed. I also certify that she declared before me that could not write her own name therefore under the necessity of making her mark or cross.
Isabel Westwick
State of New York County of Delaware ss. On this 9 th day of November 1838 per- sonally appeared before me Isabel Westwick first Judge of Delaware county courts Hiram B Goodrich to me personally known who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is the son of the above named Sarah Goodrich that his father the above named Hiram Goodrich died on the sixteenth day of April 1834 that the aforesaid Sarah Goodrich has remained the widow of the said Hiram Goodrich ever since his father's death & has not intermarried since. That the said Sarah Goodrich resides with this deponent and has resided with him ever since the decease of his father the said Hiram Goodrich
Sworn & Subscribed this
Hiram B. Goodrich
of day of November 1838
before me Isabel Westwick Judge. &c
I certify that the above named Hiram B Good rich who has sworn to the above is a person of credibility truth & veracity & that his statement is entitled to credit
Isabel Westwick

under act of 1836 a Declaration of the Heirs of Sarah Goodrich Widow of Isaac Goodrich Agent - Thomas M'Kinstry M.C. House of Representatives in Congress Washington City
Friend & Sylvester

2. At a Surrogate Court held in and for the County of Delaware & State of New York at the office of the Surrogate in delhi on the 29 th day of december in the year of our Lord 1842 it being a Court of Record personally appeared Hiram B Goodrich a Resident of the Town of Hamden in the County of Delaware aforesaid in Said State aged fifty eight years who being first duly Sworn according to law in Open Court and on his Oath Make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision Made by the act of Congress passed on the 4 th of July 1836 that he is a Son of Isaac Goodrich and of Sarah Goodrich Now both deceased and that his father the Said Isaac Goodrich died on the 16 th day of April in the year of 1834 in the Town of Hamden in the County aforesaid and that he left him Surviving Sarah Goodrich his Widow and that She died on the 21 st day of August in the year of 1839 in the Town and County aforesaid and that She left her Survivors the following named Children to wit Jane Now the Widow of Samuel Robertson & Richard Goodrich & Eunice Widow of Eli Bagley & Sally Combs Wife of Anson Combs & Julian Wife of Edward Chase and Hiram B Goodrich This declarant and that they are Now the only Surviving Children of the aforesaid Sarah Goodrich and that this declarant further States that his father Isaac Goodrich Was in the Receipt of a pension at the time of his death at the Rate of $53-33 per annum under the act of June 7 th 1832 and that he has heard his Said father and mother in conversation say that they were Married in the Town of Sharon in the County of Sheffield in the State of Connecticut he thinks in the year of 1775 in the fall of that year and that he has heard his Said father and mother say that he entered the Service of the War of the Revolution and served in Said War after they was Married and that the declaration of his Said father under the act of June 7 th 1832 and his mother's declaration under the act of July 1836. Which may be found on file in the office of the Commissioner to whom this declarant refers to for proofs to support this application and that the leaf hereunto annexed was taken from the family bible which was formerly owned by his Said father and mother and that he believes Said Record to be a

Free and Graft and what it purports to be and that the the declarant has always understood from his said father and mother that their first child was named Aron Goodrich & the second Jane Goodrich & the 3 Nancy & and the 4th Richard & the 5th Charles & the 6th Abby & the 7th Hiram & the 8th Eunice & the 9th Sally and the 10th Julian and that he has seen said Record in the possession of his said father and mother ever since the year of one thousand eight hundred and ten and at divers times since his earliest recollection and this declarant further states that he has made searches and inquiries for a Record the passage of his said father and mother at Sharon in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut and could find none and that his said mother the said Sarah Goodrich remained a Widow from the time of the death of her said husband the said Isaac Goodrich up to the time of her death
Hiram, B. Goodrich
Sworn to & Taken before me this 29th day of December 1849
Emory Surrogate

State of New York } Delaware County } ss
Be it known that before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County H G Combs a Resident of the Town of Hamden in the County of Delaware aforesaid aged Twenty Seven years and Made oath in due form of law and States that he was well acquainted with Isaac Goodrich deceased and with his Wife Sarah Goodrich deceased both late Residents of the Town of Hamden in said County and that the said Isaac Goodrich died on the 16 th day of April 1834 in said Town and County aforesaid and he left him surviving Sarah Goodrich his Widow and that she the said Sarah Goodrich died on the 21 st day of August 1839 in said Town and that she left her surviving the following named children vizt Jane Robertson now the Widow of Samuel Robertson & Richard Goodrich & Eunice Bagley Widow of Eli Bagley & Sally Combs Wife of Anson Combs & Juleann Chase Wife of Edward Chase and Hiram B Goodrich and that they are the only surviving children of the said Sarah Goodrich the Word Goodrich partly on the process before Elected
Sworn and subscribed before me this 26 th day of December 1849
H. G. Combs
Cheyen Peak Justice of the peace
I the said Justice do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named H G Combs and know him to be a man of good character and that his statements is entitled to the fullest credit and belief
+ Cheyen Peak Justice of the peace

State of New York } Delaware County } Clerks Office - } p.
I Wm. McLaughy Clerk in and for Said County and Clerk of the Supreme Court, do hereby certify that Cyrus Peck Esqr. before whom the annexed deposition purports to have been taken was at the time of taking such deposition a justice of the Peace in & for Said County, Elected & sworn and duly authorized by law to take the same & that his signature thereto is genuine In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said County this 29th day of December 1849
Wm. McLaughy Clerk

State of New York } Delaware County } ss
be it known that personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the County of Delaware in said State William Mason a Resident of said County aged Fifty years and made oath that he was well acquainted with Isaac Goodrich deceased a late Resident of said County who died on the 18 th day of April 1834 in said County and that he left him Surviving Sarah Goodrich his Widow and that she his said Widow died on the 21 st day of August in the year of 1839 in the County aforesaid and that she left her Surviving the following named Children vizt Jane Robinson, Richard Goodrich & Eunice Bagby & Sally Gombes & Julia Chase and Hiram B Goodrich and that they are now the only Surviving Children of the said Sarah Goodrich deceased and that he has often seen the annexed leaf in the family bible of the aforesaid Isaac Goodrich and Sarah his Wife about twenty years before the death of the aforesaid Isaac Goodrich and that he believes said Record to be what it purports to be
Sworn and subscribed before me this 18 th day of January 1850 } Henry M. Ray Justice of the Peace
William Mason
I the said justice do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with William Mason the above deponent who since and made Oath to the above and that he is a Man of good character and that his Statement is entitled to full credit and belief
Henry M. Ray Justice of the Peace

State of New York Delaware County } Clerks Office }
vs. I Wm M c Cloughy Clerk in & for said County & Clerk of the Supreme Court do hereby Certify that Henry M c Ray Esqr. before whom the foregoing deposition purports to have been taken was at the time of taking such deposition a Justice of the peace in & for said County elected & sworn & duly authorized by law to take the same & that his signature thereto is genuine
In witness whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 19 th day of January 1850
Wm M c Cloughy Clerk

Power of Attorney of Richard M Goodrich son of Sarah Goodrich
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Isaac N Coffin of Washington D.C. Attorney.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Delaware } ss:
Be it known that before me, a Justice
of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared * Richd. M. Goodrich a resident of Hamden in the county of Delaware in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, states that he is † the son of Sarah Goodrich of Hamden in the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York  who was the wife of Isaac Goodrich who was a revolutionary ‡ Soldier and that he believes the United States are still indebted, under existing laws, for the pension that was due under the application heretofore made, and that he is directly interested as a claimant in the pension for which application was heretofore made as aforesaid, and constitutes and appoints ISAAC N. COFFIN, of Wash- ington, D. C., his true and lawful attorney, with irrevocable power to examine into, investigate, and establish the claim for said pension, and do all acts necessary thereto.
In witness whereof, Richard M. Goodrich has on this 4 th day of October 1852, hereunto signed his name, and affixed his seal.
Witness:
C. E. Perry
Richd. M. Goodrich
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me, on this fourth day of October 1852.
C. E. Perry
J. P.
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Delaware } to wit:
I, Wm. M'Cluskey clerk of the Supreme court, of the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, That Charles E. Perry before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged and affidavit made, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this 5 th day of October 1852.
Wm. M'Cluskey Clerk.
* Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name; if he is dead, and the widow is living, insert her name; if both dead, insert one of the living children's names; if the children are all dead, and either of them survived the former unsuccessful applicant, insert the name of the administrator of that former applicant.
† Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name again; if the widow is living, insert the words, "widow of," and the name of her husband; if both dead, insert the words, "son or daughter of," and name of the former unsuccessful applicant.
‡ Here insert the word "soldier," or "officer," whichever he was.
NOTE.—When a female is the person who executes this paper, please put the letter s before the word he in every place where it occurs.

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
Isaac Goodrich was Born May the 19 th 1753 Sarah Goodrich was Born Sept th the 16 th 1758- and Amos Goodrich was Born Nov th the 26 th 1776 Jane Goodrich was Born Nov th the 25 th 1778 and Nancy Goodrich was Born Jan th the 21 st 1781 Richard Goodrich was Born June the 16 th 1784 and Charles Goodrich was Born Nov th the 21 st 1786 and Abby Goodrich was Born Jan th the 14 th 1789 Hiram B. Goodrich was Born May the 5 th 1791 Eunice Goodrich was Born Aug th the 20 th 1793 Sally Goodrich was Born Feb th the 21 st 1796 Juliam Goodrich was Born April the 21 st 1798

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.

State of New York } Delaware County } ss. I, John Bastwick of the Town of Harnady in said County being Severn Joseph & Sarah. That has been acquainted ed with Isaac Goodrich, deceased for more than fifty years & has lived in the neighborhood of said Isaac Good rich & his wife Sarah Goodrich who are now both dead ever since about the first of October 1809. And attended the funerals of the said Goodrich & wife. And the said John Bastwick further testifies that after the decease of the said Isaac Goodrich that he assisted & made out the papers for the said Sarah Good rich in her application for a pension as being the widow of the said Isaac Goodrich a deceased pensioner. And at the time of the hearing of the application of the said Sarah Goodrich for her pension on account of her advanced age she was failing in mind as well as body & that her recollections of things & circumstances was considerably impaired. This de ponent understands the said Sarah had stated in her first application for a pension her marriage that she was married to the said Isaac Goodrich in May 1777 & from the record of the births of their children that the first born was Isaac Goodrich was born in November 1776. This discrepancy this deponent believes to have occurred by the forgetfulness of the said Goodrich or it might have occurred by a mistake by the the person in the hearing or copying the papers in the application. From the knowledge of the said Goodrich & the family for many years & since hearing of the circumstance of the first child being born previous to her marriage to the said Isaac Goodrich gives him full confidence to believe that it was through the forgetfulness of the said Sarah or the mistake of writer in the hearing of the papers that the said Sarah is made to say that she was married in May

1977 in stead of May 1978 -
Isaac Postcock
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 20 th day of February 1855. Thos Williams Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Isaac Postcock such above named is a person of good moral character & that his statement is entitled to be believed Thos Williams Justice of the Peace

State of New York Delaware County ss Sally Coombs the wife of Anson Coombs of the Town of Harnady in the county aforesaid being only known as the daughter of that she is the daughter of Isaac Goodrich late of the Town of Harnady deceased that she is now in the fifty ninth year of her age (she was born according to the family record hereunto annexed) February 21 1796 and that she now has the fam- ily Bible in her possession which belonged her father in his life time & had it in her possession ever since my mother's death And that the said record of the births of my brothers & sisters according to their department left was entered on the leaf hereunto annexed which was taken from the said family bible approximately for more than forty years ago. And from my earliest remembrance it was often referred to as regarding the births ages of my brothers & sisters Sally Coombs Harnady and Delaware Before me this 2 day of February 1855 Thos Williams Justice of the Peace
certify that the above named Sally Coombs is now personally acquainted with is a person of good moral character & that she is entitled to the ages Thos Williams Justice of the Peace

State of New York Delaware County ss On this 2 nd day of February, 1855 appeared before me Sally A m Williams wife of Thomas Williams of the town of Hoonah in said county aged thirty three years Being duly sworn deposes & saith that she is the grand daughter of Breaugh Gaudrich and Bereah Gaudrich late of the town of Hoonah deceased. Deposes and saith that the family received her into armsed. She remembers from her earliest recollections of being in the family bible of her Grandfather Gaudrich She lived much of her time with her Grand father in her youth until his death & has no account of the record here into armsed was made years before her recollection
Sally A Williams Deposes & Subscribes Before me this 2 nd day of February 1855. Tho s Williams Justice of the Peace
Certify that I have personally appeared with the married woman & she is of moral character & good reputation
Tho s Williams Justice of the Peace

State of New York Delaware County ss Hiram B. Goodrich of the town of Hamorton in the County of Delaware were a State of said Hiram Goodrich being only known as his father's death. That he is the son of Hiram Goodrich & Sarah Goodrich late of the town of Hamorton deceased; and that he is now sixty three years of age and according to the family re- cord was born May 5 1791 which is hereunto annexed And the said deponent further says that the record hereunto annexed was made in his own hand writing under the direction & eye of his father & mother in the large family Bible which was then a new one more than forty years ago and was found lying in said Bible until it was pulled out from the said Bible until it was sent on to the Pension office in Washington seven years ago with my mother's papers in her application for a pension. And the said de- ponent further saith that the said record here- unto annexed is the same on which the family record was entered Hiram B. Goodrich
Subscribed before me this 2 d day of February 1855 Tho s Williams Justice of the Peace
I am personally acquainted with the above named H. B. Goodrich and certify that he is a person of good character and reputation Tho s Williams Justice of the Peace

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Isaac Goodrich Delaware County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted June 1775 - 8 - Private then disch. Capt Kimbrough Genl Putnam Green Col Patterson Litchmore & Dorchester Heights Marched to Columbia County New York, to learn bridge, Mass. Bennington & Springfield & Princeton to Prospect Hill, Cambridge - Fairfield 79 years Town of Sharon State Connecticut Tradepaper, witness certified in full papers not properly attached - no claimant certificate & no reason given -   Vol. { - 8 - Capt Buell Capt Mone Col Gage  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
ADY
November 3, 1930.
Mrs. Robert L. Crawford, Wallkill, New York.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.17016 , that Isaac Goodrich was born May 19, 1753 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
last 2 mos. of this ser. cont. While a resident of Sharon, Connecticut he enlisted in June 1775, served eight months in Captain John McKinstry's Company, Colonel John Paterson's Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battle at Litchmore Point, skirmish at Dorchester Heights and other skirmishes. Soon after he entered the service, James King, then a sergeant ran away from the service and he, Isaac Goodrich, was elected to fill the vacancy and did the duty of sergeant.
About the time Danbury, Connecticut was burned by the British, he enlisted and served four months as a private in Captain Eliphalet Buel's Connecticut Company.
Shortly before the court house and other buildings in Fairfield had been burned by the British, he enlisted and served four months as a private in Captain Roger Mone's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Gay's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832 while a resident of Hamden, Delaware County, New York.
He died April 16, 1834 in Hamden, New York.
Soldier married in the fall of 1775 or May 15, 1777, Sarah, born September 16, 1758. They were married at the house of her father, Amos Merchant in

Sharon, Connecticut. She died August 21, 1839 in Hamden, New York.
The following children were allowed the pension due their mother: Richard M. Goodrich, Eunice who married Eli Bagley, Sally, who married Anson Combs, Juliann, who married Edward Chase and Hiram B. Goodrich.
Family record:
Amos Goodrich born November 26, 1776. Jane Goodrich " November 25, 1778.* Nancy Goodrich " January 21, 1781. Richard Goodrich " June 16, 1784. Charles Goodrich " November 21, 1786. Abbey Goodrich " January 14, 1789. Hiram B. Goodrich " May 5, 1791. Eunice Goodrich " August 20, 1793. Sally Goodrich " February 21, 1796. Juliann Goodrich " April 21, 1798.
The name of soldier's father is not given.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.
* married Samuel Robertson or Robinson, she died of decline her mother's death + payment of pension.
Sol. sister, Sabra Weed, b. May 1749. " Bro. Micah Goodrich.
In 1855. Sally A. Williams, wife of Thomas (born) Williams of Hamden. N.Y., stated that she was gr-daughter of soldier added by Govt Rule 18-31

State of New York } Delaware County } ss
Be it known that personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for said County Hiram Goodrich a Resident of said County aged 60 years and made oath before me in due form of law and on his oath States that he is one of the children of Isaac Goodrich and of Sarah Goodrich who is now both deceased and that his father the said Isaac Goodrich made an application and obtained a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 at the Rate of $53 \frac{33}{100} per annum and that after the death of his said father his mother the said Sarah Goodrich made an application under the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 which application has been suspended
Sworn to and subscribed
H. B. Goodrich
This 4 th day of August 1851
Cyrus Peck justice of the peace

Know all men by these presents that I Hiram Goodrich within named do hereby constitute and appoint W m Sylvester & B d B d French my true and lawful attorneys for me and in my name to Examine the Declaratory and other papers on file in your office Made by his father the said Isaac Goodrich under the act of June 7 th 1832 and the declaration of his mother Sarah Goodrich now on file under the act of July 4 th 1836 and to Examine the declaration and other proof on file Made by me under the act of July 4 th 1836
Witness My hand and Seal this 4 th day of August 1857 Signed and sealed in
H iram B d Goodrich
the presence of
Cyrus Peck - J. D. - Witness
French & Sylvester

Wallkill, N.Y. Sept. 20, 1930.
U.S. Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
My ancestor Isaac Goodrich was born in
Sharon Conn May 19, 1752 died April 16 1834. his wife was Sarah Merchant.

He served in Revolutionary War and history is in the records of the U.S. Pension Bureau.
Will you kindly tell me, if possible, his father's name.
Will be very much obliged
Yours very truly,
Juanita Crawford
(Mrs Robert L.)

12 th Jan y 1890
Delhi Del. Co. W. I.
Dear Green B Ramm Esq r
Dear Sir
Both my Paternal Grandfather & my Maternal Grandfather were soldiers of the Revolutionary war of 1776 - and at the time of their death were drawing pensions on account of said service. And wishing to complete our family record I would be glad to get the Co. & Regt. to which they belonged. I presume the records of your office would show all the facts & I would esteem it a great favor if you could give me the facts their names & residences even from the best information I can get was as follows -

My Paternal Grandfather was Isaac Goodrich & I think he resided at Sharon Conn. at the time of Enlist- ment, but lived at Delhi or Ham- den, Delaware Co. N.Y. when he drew his pension
My Maternal Grandfather was John Batter Butler I think he resided at Pound Ridge Westchester Co. N.Y. at Enlistment but am not sure he removed to Walton Delaware Co. N.Y. and when his pension was granted This information is not asked for for the purpose of making any claim against the Govt. or anything of the sort. but simply as before stated to complete the record of our family
Hopeing that you will be able to grant my request & give me the desired information I remain, very Respectfully
J. S. Goodrich Delhi N.Y.

1930 Nov. 3. Visited Mrs. Roff. T. Crawford. A.N.Y.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17016
Sarah Goodwin
Widow of
Isaac Goodwin
Priv. Rev. W.
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. a , Page 20
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sarah Goodrich dec d widow of Isaac Delaware Co New York adm d July 21 1836 16 months pri $53.33 per annum from 16 apri l 1834, when he died to 21 aug 1839 when she died Pay to Hiram B Goodrich 1 adm r for himself and Rich d ard M Goodrich 2 - Eunice Bagley 3 - Sally Coombs 4 and Julia Chase 5 only Children
sent to J. H. Austin Esq Present

N 4079 Sarah Goldnick NY
See lot to J. Boston et al - April 1839
Set Hon. Thos M c Hiscock 28 Feb 1850 " " Same April 10/50 Set by Sylvester Nov 22/51 Set by Sylvester Mar 12/52 A. H. Niles Nov 21 1852 all 4 Mly 1854 (over)

A. H. Niles Nov 30 1853
J. G. Austin Jan 27 1855

State of New York
County of Delaware ss.
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware, do certify that the annexed contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Goodrich for a pension in the said Court on the ninth day of October 1832 - and further that the affidavit of Ebenezer Simon Gould was - sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid - and further that James Bostwick Esq. - before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, on the 24 th day of June, 1833. and who purports to have signed the annexed Certificate was at the date of the same first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit and certificate to be his proper - hand writing and signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 26 th day of June 1833 C B Sheldon Clerk.

State of New York Delaware County - § 1. Personally appeared before me Jehiel Bostwick first Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in & for the said county of Delaware, Isaac Goodrich, the declarant in the annexed declaration named, who being duly sworn de- poses & saith, that he was born in the town of Harn in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut in the year 1753 according to a transcript from his father's family Bible which was made many years ago & which he sincerely believes to be correct - he does not now know where said Bible is - that he is acquainted with William Scitaday of the town of Colchester & County of Delaware & State of New York and Robert North of the town of Walton in the county and State aforesaid who have already testi- fied as to his character for veracity &c.
Sworn & Subscribed this 24 day of June 1833
Before me
Jehiel Bostwick First Judge.
Isaac Goodrich
Jehiel Bostwick First Judge of Delaware County do certify that there is not any clergyman residing or living in in the neighborhood of the above named Isaac Goodrich with whom he is ac- quainted with whom he could procure to testify as to the common reputation of his revolutionary services.
Dated 24 June 1833
Jehiel Bostwick

State of New-York, } ss DELAWARE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, BENJAMIN CANNON, Clerk of the County of Delaware, and also Clerk of the Courts of said County, do hereby certify that Thomas Williams Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition purports to have been taken, was at the time of taking such deposition a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Delaware aforesaid, elected and sworn, and duly authorised by law to take the same, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 3rd day of Feb. 4 1855
Benj. Cannon Clerk.

Memorandum of February 4, 1839
Sir. The enclosed was addressed to the Honorable Ad Paine late Member of Congress, on an enquiry at my request It appears he must have made a mistake as to the name or person. The business I wished him to enquire about was the application of Sarah Goodrich the widow of Sarah Goodrich not Gilbert Goodrich as stated in the enclosed. I sent the Declaration of Sarah Goodrich the widow of Sarah Goodrich last November. I think with an affidavit all the proofs necessary to entitle her to a pension. provided the proof of her husband's service was found on the files of the War Department. Sarah Goodrich was a pensioner. as will be found by the Books in the Pension Office.
This business has been a long time under consideration. I hope your attention may be immediately turned to the claim and an answer given of the determination that the widow may not be kept much longer in suspense.
Yours Obedient Servant Frederick B. Root
W. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions

Acts 1832 & 36
Sarah Goodrich
Pennyslv a act 32 Sarah Goodrich
Wid
Act 1836
N. Y. Suspended
Roll —
Papers
Jas. G. Austin
Dec 23 rd 1854

Camden Delaware Dec 27 1854
Dec 27th 1854
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir In one of the enclosures I believe is a letter from Sarah Goodrich whose Pension Claim is on file & registered in your office I respectfully request that you will allow V. A. C. Austin of the city of Washington D.C. to examine all papers on file relating to the Pension Claim of my father Isaac Goodrich & Sarah Goodrich and that you will furnish him all proper facilities in the prosecution of said claim as Mr Austin is fully empowered & authorized to act as attorney in the case
Respectfully Yours
Isaac B Goodrich

N. Y. Revolutionary Suspended Roll Act 1836
Sarah Goodrich wid of Isaac Goodrich N. Y.
Additional Evidence
Jas. G. Austin atty Present
Jas. G. Austin Esq. Washington D.C.

H. G. Austin Esq. Washington D.C.
Wadsworth Det. Co. February 11th 1855
Mr. Garrison L. Brown attended to that business the last Giffin according to the best of my knowledge have Got the same Boston which I have since the previous papers for Mr. Giffin before his death and he made his affidavits to some things to which Mr. Giffin and his son is in that office a good many times and he has been obliged to settle them as first Judge of probate court and this may have some weight in office he thinks because the matter so much talked of I can get fifty of the oldest persons in the town that will say that I have heard of such a one and that my father & mother live as good a stable reputation as any in town if they have got it not satisfactory I can get the whole town as I have done before which on their evidence will immediately settle the matter
W. B. G. Austin

Additional Evidence
Sarah Goodrich widow of Isaac Goodrich D of N. Y.
Acts 1836, & 1838
also Letter of J. G. Austin asking a Re-examination of the claim
N. Y. Suspended Roll
J. G. Austin Present

Washington D. C.
January 22 d 1855
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Herein please find the Certificate of Court, of the appointment of Administrator in the Claim of Sarah Goodrich Ded of N.Y. Widow of Isaac, & Application of the administrator for arrear due Widow under the act of 4 th July 1836. I Respectfully request that this claim is fully sustained by the proofs on file. to entitle its admission under said act — But if the Commissioner thinks otherwise, I ask its admission under the act July 7. 1838. & also herein state that as the attorny for the heirs, will in the future endeavor to establish the claim to admission under the act of 1836 — It will be perceived by an Examination of the proof & the old soldiers Declaration under the act of 1832 that he served in 3 different terms tours, one of which was in the character of Sergeant in the same service for 16 months in Col Potters Regiment — for which service he was only pensioned as a private — I trust this case may receive a Carefull ReExamination & the Pension increased —
Respectfully Yours Jas. G. Austin

Georgetown (Madison Co) N.Y. Nov 27 1854
Hon S P Waldo Com Pensions
Dear Sir
Your letter is received. The of first name of the widow of Isaac Goodrich for whom her friends are desirous of obtaining pension is Eliza . You say an application in on file there for Sarah Goodrich widow of Isaac of NY. Eliza Goodrich says she used to be called Sarah by her friends - but does not know that any application was ever made for a pension for her.
Will you please tell me when this application was made and whether there are any names or circumstances given by which we may judge whether this claim was made for this Eliza (alias Sarah ) Goodrich or for some other widow of some other Isaac Goodrich -
I am Dear Sir Very Respectfully Your Obed Servt
A. H. Niles

Georgetown Madison Co N York Nov 16 1854 Com Pension
Dear Sir A widow lady of this place is anxious to obtain a pension and is doubtless entitled to one as the widow of Solomon Lusk Lieutenant and Isaac Goodrich both of whom served in the Revolution - Will you do me the favor to instruct me as to what proof is necessary and render me such assistance as will not be incompatible with your office as Commissioner of Pensions -
Please answer by return mail and oblige (name your fee) Your Obedt Servt A. H. Miles
P.S. Now shall I ascertain if Lusk & Goodriches names are on the military lists of the War department.

Brief in the case of Sarah Goodrich dec d widow of Isaac Delaware County and State of New York act July 21/1836
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of 1832 at $53 33 a year (senior in his papers)
Marriage, in her case to some date of marriage, identity, death & heirship. Marriage is proved by family records of births of children the other proved (for increase) by testimony of H G Coombs, Thomas
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Heath, Calvin Gray, John Bartnick & Sally A Williams, all proper certificates.
Name and residence of Agent J G Austin Esq Present
Thomas D. Kirtt Examining Clerk

64
Washington March 5/52
French & Sylvester
Appeal from the decision of the Court of Pensions in the case of the heir of Sarah Goodrich decd. - point proof of marriage -
Triplet
Ref. to the Court of Pensions for a Report
Left into March 8/52 Recd March 6. 1852

Her,
Washington March 5, 1852
A. H. Stuart
Secy of the Interior
Sir
The undersigned, attorneys for H. B. Goodrich, son of Sarah Goodrich deceased, beg leave to appeal from the decision of the Commr of Pensions, rejecting the claim of said Goodrich for the amount of pension due his deceased mother of New York.
There is but one single point at issue in this case: (1) that is, was Isaac Goodrich was the husband of Sarah Goodrich prior to the year 1777.
The widow originally claimed under the act of July, 4 1836. But in consequence of an error fallen into in making her papers as to the date of her marriage, it was rejected.
To place the subject in its proper light, we need only refer you to an ancient copy of a family record now filed with the pension papers. This record was presented to her husband when he made his declaration for a pension in 1832, in order to establish his age. The widow also referred to it in 1838 for a similar purpose, & which are clearly shown by said record; but the record itself was not produced till the year 1839 after the death of the widow. From the record the facts set forth by both are fully corroborated, & upon it, it also appears that their first child was born in Nov. 1776. It may be possible that the marriage did not take place till 1777: or it may never have been solemnized, until after the birth of the child. But whether that was the fact or not, it cannot be an objection to the claim, for it has been decided by the Dept. that the reputation of being husband & wife with cohabitation & the raising a family of children, should be deemed sufficient evidence of marriage.
We would respectfully ask that the claim may be allowed touching this point as reported to us. Very Respectfully
Wm. H. French Sylvester

STATE OF NEW-YORK, DELAWARE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE---SS.
I, WILLIAM McCLAUGHERY, Clerk of the County of Delaware, and also Clerk of the Courts of said County, do hereby certify that Cyrus Peck Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition purports to have been taken, was at the time of taking such deposition a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Delaware, aforesaid, elected and sworn, and duly authorized by law to take the same, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this, 15 th day of August , 185 / .
Wm McLaughry Clerk.

Hermiston Oct Nov 15 1838
J. L. Edwards Esquire
I enclose to you the Declaration of the Madam Sarah Goodrich who claims to be entitled to a pension under the act of 4 July 1836.
An early answer to her application is respect- fully requested as your business will permit
Yours Respectfully your Obedt Servant Nehemiah Westover

4079
Sarah Goodrich widow of Isaac.
N.Y.
act 4. July '36.

State of New York
County of Delaware ss I knoweth G. Sheldon Clerk of the County of Delaware, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Jacob Bostwick Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been Sworn was at the date of the same first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware duly Commissioned and Sworn and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and that his name subscribed to the said affidavits and the foregoing certificate are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 14th day of November 1838.
G. Sheldon Clerk

The Deposition of Calvin Gay Esq r of Sharon in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, who testifies and says that he is now in the seventy fourth year of his age and was born in said town of Sharon and has always resided there and was in early life well acquainted with Isaac Goodrich who formerly lived in said Sharon and with his wife Sarah Goodrich. She before their intermarriage bore the name of Sarah Mansfield. Amos Mansfield the father of the said Sarah lived and died a near neighbor to the deponent, and this deponent was well acquainted with the said Amos and his family. This deponent well remembers the said Isaac Goodrich visiting the family of the said Amos Mansfield, and has often before his intermarriage with said Sarah seen him there and further that it was reported in the neighborhood that he was courting the said Sarah. And this deponent further says that he well remembers that it was said in his father's family and that it was generally said in the neighborhood that the said Isaac and Sarah were married. He remembers seeing them at meetings soon after they were married, and further seeing them at his father's house at Thanksgiving and other times with two or three children which they called theirs. They continued to live together as husband and wife during the time they lived in said Sharon. At the time of the death of his father more than fifteen years after their marriage - from the deponent's recollection of his age at the time of the death of his father he nearly believes that the said Isaac took place in the year (1777) or thereabouts seven hundred and seventy seven.
Calvin Gay

The Deposition of Thomas Heath of Sharn in the County of Bedford and State of Connecticut. He testifies and says, that he is of the age of eighty three years and was born in the neighborhood of Ashen Amos Mendenhall family residence and now resides there. He well remembers that it was reported that Isaac Goadrick formerly said Sharn was married to Sarah Mendenhall a daughter of Amos Mendenhall and that from the time of their said marriage they lived together as man & wife in said Sharn for a number of years and had several children -
This deponent was a soldier in the army of the Revolution and is now a pensioner, and he well remembers that he was out in a short time of duty after the North River and that said Isaac Goadrick was in the same company and this deponent now thinks that the said Goadrick was then a married man -
Thomas Heath
The Deposition of Samuel Dyer of Sharn in the County of Bedford and State of Connecticut He testifies and says that he is now in the seventy fifth year of his age and has always lived in or near the said town of Sharn. This deponent was well acquainted with Isaac Goadrick formerly of said Sharn and knows that the said Goadrick married Sarah Mendenhall the daughter of Amos Mendenhall family of said Sharn. This deponent was present and saw the said Isaac Goadrick married to the said Sarah Mendenhall at

the Home of her father the said James Moulden - This Deponent knew that the said marriage took place in the year (1797) seventeen hundred ninety seven, from the fact that this deponent was then on a furlough, at home and remembers that this furlough was given to him in that year. A half brother of this Deponent named Alexander and another half brother by the name of Benjamin. These were then at home on a furlough and they went with this Deponent to the said wedding. This Deponent well remembers seeing the said James Moulden and his brother Alexander Moulden at Firkhill in the army of the Revolution after his said marriage and as he thinks in the year 1798 or 1799. The said James Moulden remains
from said place many years since - This deponent is pretty sure that the said marriage was performed by Daniel Pienke Esq. for said place -
James Lloyd
The Deponent knows King of Sharon in the County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut who testifies and says, that he is the town clerk and keeper of the said town of Sharon, and that he has examined the records of marriages in said place and finds no record of the marriage of James Moulden to the said Deborah Moulden -
Geo. King
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss. On this 27th day of October 1878, Personally

407 whereas Calvin Gay Esq. Thomas Heath James Blaze and George King and made oath to the true of the foregoing depositions before them severally Subscribed - And I further certify that the said Calvin Gay, Thomas Heath, James Blaze and George King are credible witnesses and that the said George King is the true Clerk or Register of the said town of Shrewsbury
Chas. F. Sedgwick Secretary of the Peace
I Origen Seymour Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Charles F. Sedgwick Esq. of Shrewsbury in said County is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and sworn and that the foregoing official deposition by him peremptory to be made is genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of said County at Litchfield this 31 st day of October A.D. 1833 - Origen S. Seymour Clerk

Rev claim act 1836 & 1838 —
Sarah Goodrich De d widow of Isaac Goodrich De d of N.Y.
New York Suspended Roll —
Additional Evidence within and asks an admission of the claim
Jas. G. Austin Atty Present

State of New York County of Delaware S.S. At a Surrogates Court held at Delhi on this 18 th day of January 1855 It was proven to the satisfaction of said Court, by the testimony of Hiram B Goodrich whose Affidavit is hereto annexed & by reference also to other testimony heretofore filed in the Pension Office at Washington D. C. that Isaac Goodrich an old soldier of the Revolution, & who in his life time was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7, 1832, at the Rate of $53.33. per Annum died in the County of Delaware aforesaid on the 16 th April 1834, leaving Sarah Goodrich his widow him survi- ving. And that the said Widow during her life time Made a declaration for a Pension under the act of July 4 th 1836. and that she died in the said County of Delaware aforesaid and that she never again Remarried but continued her Widow on the 21 st day of August 1839, leaving the following named Children her & her said Husband (only) then surviving viz. Sarah Robertson , Richard M Goodrich , Eunice Bagley , Sally Coombs , Julia Chase and (at that time Robertson had died & the others are still living) Hiram B. Goodrich , who are the only surviving Children of the said Isaac Goodrich and Sarah Goodrich dead, all of whom are above the age of twenty one Years. And I further

Certify that Hiram B. Goodrich, whose declaration in oath is hereto annexed & one of the children above named, has been appointed Administrator of the Estate of the said Sarah Goodrich and is duly authorized by the Laws of this State to act as such Administrator, and that his Administration Bond is in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & Official Seal at Delhi Del Co NY this 19 th day of January 1855.
(Note I certify that the parts of two lines which are interlined on the preceding page were thus interlined before this was signed or sealed by me.)
Yours Gleason Jun Surrogate of the County of Delaware in the State of New York
State of New York
County of Delaware SS. Hiram B. Goodrich of the town of Hamden County & State aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law, deposes and says that he resides in the County of Delaware aforesaid that his father Isaac Goodrich in his life time was a Pensioner of the United States at the Rate of $53.33. under the act of 1832. That his said father died in the County of Delaware aforesaid on the 16 th day of April 1834. leaving his Mother Sarah Goodrich a Widow him surviving, and that his said Mother never again Remarried but continues

The Widow of the said Isaac Goodrich till the 21 st day of August 1839. When she died at the County of Delaware aforesaid, and that at the time of her death aforesaid she was an Applicant for a Pension under the act 4 th July 1836, and that he refers to all her papers now on file in the Pension department, he further deposes and says that the following named Children (his mother's status ) are the only surviving Children of his said father & mother viz. this deponent, Hiram B. Goodrich & Richard M. Goodrich, Mrs. Sally Cowley, Mrs. Eunice Bagley & Mrs. Julia Chase, all of whom reside in the town of Hamden County of Delaware & State of New York. (that two other children viz. Mrs. Sarah Robinson & Mrs. Nancy Wareing, was also living at the decease of said Widow Eunice Goodrich, but had since died) all of whom are above the age of twenty one Years. That he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the amount which may be found due his said Mother the said Sarah Goodrich Widow aforesaid. - He respectfully refers to the papers on file at the Pension office for more particulars in reference to this claim.
H. B. Goodrich
(Note the erasure on the Nancy Wareing) { made to the execution }
Subscribed and sworn
This 18 th day of January 1855 before me, Wm Gleason Jr. County Judge
& Surrogate of Delaware County New York